Sunday, 30 June 2013

Caterpillarage.

A mate sent me the photo of this beautiful and colourful caterpillar that is feeding in his Didcot garden and wondered if I could tell him what name it's known by Fortunately I have seen this rather striking individual before and was able to tell him it is the caterpillar of the Mullein Moth.

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OXON FEATHER is a personal mainly birding blog, from a birder who is not a great twitcher as my identification skills leave a lot to be desired, and my real interest lies in the birds we used to be able to take for granted but now need our help, including many farmland species, among the birds I have on my help list are : Turtle Dove, Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker,Spotted Flycatcher, Nightingale, Tree Sparrow, Willow Tit and Grey Partridge to name just a few. I retired from farming about 2004 and retain many farming contacts some of them rather sensitive to strangers, so if I am sometimes unable to name sites I hope you will understand, as my priorities are the welfare of the birds and to respect the confidence placed in me by my contacts. I lost the love of my life Linda Mary (Linner)16/01/2012 and i'm strugglig to come to terms after being devoted to each other for 43 years of marriage. In time I hoped my loss would get easier but if anything I miss her more and more with each passing day - My sweet caring Linner.